Ceremonial County Gwent
Gwent is a preserved county and former local government county in southeast Wales. A county of Gwent was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972; it was named after the ancient Kingdom of Gwent.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Region with 560,000 residents
- Description: preserved county and former local government county in south-east Wales, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Gwent”
- Neighbors: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Powys
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brithdir railway station and Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station.
Brithdir railway station
Railway station
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Brithdir railway station is a railway station serving the village of Brithdir near New Tredegar, South Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line 18+3⁄4 miles north of Cardiff Central which is part of the Transport for Wales network.
Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station
Railway station
Photo: Jeremai Smith, CC BY 2.0.
Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station is a station on the Ebbw Valley Railway in Wales. The station opened on 6 February 2008 when services to and from Cardiff Central commenced after 46 years of being a freight-only line.
Tir-Phil railway station
Railway station
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tir-Phil railway station is a railway station serving the village of Tir-Phil and the town of New Tredegar, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ebbw Vale and Tredegar.
Ebbw Vale
Photo: andy dolman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ebbw Vale is in Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire. It is the largest town in Blaenau Gwent, and is the home of its administration centre.
Tredegar
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tredegar is a small industrial town in Monmouthshire, South Wales. It is by no means a major tourist destination, but it does have a certain off-the-beaten-path charm and is located on the edge of Brecon Beacons National Park, making it a fine base for hiking.
Brynmawr
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brynmawr is a market town, community and electoral ward in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. The town, sometimes cited as the highest town in Wales, is situated at 1,250 to 1,500 feet above sea level at the head of the South Wales Valleys.
Ceremonial County Gwent
- Categories: preserved county of Wales and former administrative territorial entity
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Ceremonial County Gwent” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Qvent”
- Catalan: “Gwent”
- Chinese: “Gwent Kūn”
- Chinese: “格溫特郡”
- Czech: “Gwent”
- Danish: “Gwent”
- Dutch: “Gwent”
- Esperanto: “Gwent”
- French: “Gwent”
- German: “Gwent”
- Hungarian: “Gwent”
- Irish: “Gwent”
- Italian: “Gwent”
- Japanese: “グウェント”
- Korean: “권트”
- Korean: “권트주”
- Korean: “그웬트”
- Latvian: “Guenta”
- Manx: “Gwent”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Gwent Kūn”
- Northern Frisian: “Gwent”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gwent”
- Norwegian: “Gwent”
- Polish: “Gwent”
- Portuguese: “Gwent”
- Slovenian: “Gwent”
- Swedish: “Gwent”
- Turkish: “Gwent (kontluk)”
- Ukrainian: “Гвент (графство)”
- Ukrainian: “Гвент”
- Venetian: “Gwent”
- Welsh: “Gwent”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Man-moel and Hollybush.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ebbw Vale and Mynydd Pen-y-fan.
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